Title: The impact of innovation management implementation on enterprise competitiveness among Taiwan's high-tech manufacturers

Authors: Shiaw-Wen Tien, Chung-Ching Chiu, Yi-Chan Chung, Chih-Hung Tsai

Addresses: Graduate Institute of Management of Technology, Chung-Hua University, 30 Tung-Shiang, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, ROC. ' Graduate Institute of Management of Technology, Chung-Hua University, 30 Tung-Shiang, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ta-Hwa Institute of Technology, 1 Ta-Hwa Road, Chung-Lin, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ta-Hwa Institute of Technology, 1 Ta-Hwa Road, Chung-Lin, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, ROC

Abstract: Innovation is an important topic in the 21st century. Innovation management has become a compulsory path to sustained enterprise growth. In this research, we studied the degree of innovation implementation among domestic high-tech manufacturers and the impact of innovation management implementation on competitiveness. We considered the mediating variables of ||industry type|| and ||enterprise scale||, developed a theoretical model of impact relationship, and conducted the empirical analysis of Taiwan|s high-tech manufacturers. We found from the research results that the degree of innovation management implementation has a significant impact on competitiveness. The degree of innovation management implementation has an essential impact on the two competitiveness dimensions including technological innovation and differentiation. Moreover, the two mediating variables of ||industry type|| and ||enterprise scale|| were proven to have a significant impact on the degree of innovation management and competitiveness.

Keywords: technological innovation; differentiation; innovation management; competitiveness; technology management; Taiwan; high-tech industry; high technology firms; manufacturing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2007.013525

International Journal of Technology Management, 2007 Vol.40 No.1/2/3, pp.7 - 44

Published online: 03 May 2007 *

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